Over the last 13 years, KBRP Community Radio has grown to provide an
unparalleled media service for our community. This expanded service includes video, audio,
print, and web production. Because of this growth, we find ourselves at a critical point
in our evolution:

How do we grow and serve you better as a comprehensive media entity?

This is where we need your help. During the 2017 KBRP Fund Drive, we are
asking you to “help us create and introduce a comprehensive media strategy to our
community.” We want you to help us dream big. What would you like to see us
accomplish as a media organization?

While you have always known KBRP as a radio station, the truth is that
our mission is focused on creating a community media center and not just a radio station.
We understand this might be a difficult task for most people to wrap their heads around,
but one we feel our membership is ready and able to help us create.

Would you like to see KBRP operate video and television services? How
about multiple audio programming streams? What about a KBRP publication? How about a new
home for KBRP?

The 2017 KBRP Membership Drive will serve as the foundation for this
capacity building. We are asking you to not only support the station with a financial
contribution, but also step up to help create programming and provide us with feedback
about your aspirations for the station.

KBRP needs to raise 35,000 dollars to help cover our operating expenses.
This fund drive goal is our most ambitious fund drive goal ever, and we will need each and
every one of you to help us achieve it.

Over the next year, KBRP is going to launch our most ambitious initiative
ever in the creation of a full local news and public affairs department. We are also going
to create an ambitious on-demand service for many of our most popular programs. We want
you to be able to listen to KBRP when you need it.

Our hope is to limit the on-air portion of this fund drive. We would like
to complete this process in less than a month. We believe our listeners can help us meet
this challenge and in return KBRP has created a number of incentives to encourage you to
pledge today.

For our sustaining members, the members who have signed up for our monthly
subscription service, your renewal is automatic. If you have considered signing up for
this option, you can do it right now through the options below and let us know at check
out whom you would like to make part of the KBRP family.

You will also have an opportunity to choose to add $20 to your membership
that will be specifically earmarked for our partnership with Radio Cultural in Naco,
Sonora, Mexico. This project is working to create a cross-border media education center
that will begin training community media journalists and producers starting in 2018.

To see some of the KBRP projects at work including our partnership with
Radio Cultural, please click on this link to see a collection of our photos.

We know you have many media options available to you and we thank you for
making KBRP one of them. Your continued support for our service will allow the station to
meet our financial goals, which will work directly to expand and evolve the programs and
services we present to you. It will also help us to create a community media organization
that is responsive to your hopes, ideas, and dreams.

KBRP broadcasts thousands of hours of original content each year put
together by our volunteers. This includes all of our arts and cultural programming as
well as:

-- The Copper Chronicle, our collaboration with the Bisbee Mining and
Historical Museum -- The KBRP Youth Media Project, our enrichment program at Bisbee
High School -- The KBRP Speaker Series, which has featured Amy Goodman and Jim
Hightower -- Bisbee City Council Live Streaming and Archive, a service of KBRP and
the City of Bisbee -- home to the Bisbee Blues Foundation and the Bisbee Blues
Festival.

KBRP has evolved over the last 7 years to include some exciting new
programs, but we are just beginning to reach our potential, and we are asking you to be
a part of this continued evolution to create a grassroots media center that will be a
true community asset now and far into the future.

You may renew your membership (one-time) below or choose to become a
sustaining member of the radio station with regular automatic monthly withdrawals from
your checking account or credit card. Beginning at the station’s Charter
Membership ($120), you can contribute $10, $20 (Benefactor Membership), or $30
(Dollar-A-Day Membership) a month, which will provide the station with the needed support
to maintain a positive cash flow throughout the year.

This system has been extensively tested and has yielded a
more detailed and interactive interface with your KBRP membership. You have our
assurance that your information is absolutely safe through KBRP’s use of a secure
Paypal server. The new set up also allows you to customize your donation and
purchase gift donations as well.

All membership contributions go directly to support the programming
on KBRP. All members receive:

-- a monthly e-newsletter -- advance notice on station programming and special
events -- free admission to the Telescopic Audio Film Series -- ticket(s)
to the KBRP Annual Meeting and Party -- discounts on KBRP merchandise-- and
other assorted thank-you gifts.

Our sustaining memberships also provide the donor with a quarterly thank-you gift
selection as well as donor recognition at the radio station.

Let's take a look at the different pledge level available to you:

One-Time Memberships:

A one-time membership provides you a year of membership in KBRP Community Radio. This contribution goes to offsetting the station's operational costs and covers the costs of all programming. This year, we will be providing a number of thank you gifts to members at all levels. This is in addition to the regular member benefits you will receive (see above). As a renewing member, you must renew at the Individual Member level or above to receive regular member benefits. You can select the appropriate level from the drop down menu below and add the membership to the Paypal cart.

This year you have three new options including adding a $20 membership (from drop down menu) for Radio Cultural in Naco, Sonora, our radio partner, for the Bisbee Royale, and for Goar Park Projects as well as designating a gift membership at the time of check out. We need the name, address, phone number, and email of the individual and this person must not be a current KBRP member. You will be given an opportunity to provide this information just prior to making your payment.

$20.00–– Radio Cultural Member Add-On$20.00–– Bisbee Royale Member Add-On$20.00–– Goar Park Member Add-On

Memberships:

Sustaining Memberships:

These memberships allow you to give on a consistent, monthly basis, which provides the radio station with a steady stream of financial support throughout the year and allows you to possibly give more over the course of the year in small monthly installments. The subscriptions are meant to last for the period of one year with an option of renewing that subscription each year during our fund drive.

This option will not allow us to provide you with the Radio Cultural membership add-on or gift membership field. When you sign up as a sustaining member, we will contact you directly to discuss your options and provide you with some special KBRP swag.

If you value KBRP, as an alternative to corporate media, as a source of independent views and music, as a resource to be cherished and cared for, it's up to you to make it grow. We appreciate your support for KBRP Community Radio! Any dollar amount is welcome and your membership donation will go towards our annual operating expenses.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our Station Director Ryan J. Bruce at 520-227-6547 or via email at ryan@kbrp.org

Bisbee Radio Project

KBRP Community Radio is a Project of The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc. More than 50% of KBRP's operating revenue comes from membership support. KBRP is volunteer-powered, listener-supported radio at 96.1 FM and online at http://www.kbrpradio.com

KBRP Mission Statement

The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to enhancing art, entertainment, culture, and education through radio. KBRP-LP is a non-commercial, listener-supported, educational, low-power community radio station. KBRP is dedicated to providing independent, non-corporate and socially responsible programming.

2016 Fund Drive

This year, KBRP is excited to offer sustaining memberships to our listeners. These memberships allow you to give on a consistent, monthly basis, which provides the radio station with a steady stream of financial support through the year and allows you to possibly give more over the course of the year in small monthly installments. Please see the information to the right for additional details on how to become a KBRP sustaining member.

Become a Member

Being a member of The Bisbee Radio Project is about being a member of the community. KBRP-LP is non-profit, non-commercial Community Radio. If you love radio in Bisbee, join in and help make it happen. You can pledge your support via check or credit card on this page or you can mail us a contribution at KBRP Community Radio, P.O. Box 1501, Bisbee, AZ 85603. The mail-in form is available here.